It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.

Valor is the contempt of death and pain.

Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure

It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.

There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in spite of fortune; the cowardly and the indolent are hurried by their fears,' said Plotius Firmus, Roman Praetorian Guard.

Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.